CONTENTS. The Kocch.-Dhimal and Bodo.-Western Bodo of Sikkim and the Bútan frontier.-Eastern Bodo, or Borro, of Asam and Cachar.— The Hill-tribes of Asam.-Northern Boundary.-Aka, Dofla, Abor, and Miri Tribes.-The Bor Abor.-Eastern extremity and South-eastern The Ancient Languages of Persia and India.-The Persepolitan of the Cuneiform Inscriptions.-The Caubul Coins.-The Pali Inscriptions. On the Languages akin to the Tamul.—The Telinga.-The Tamul proper. -The Canarese.-The Cúrgi.-The Malayalam.-The Tulu, or The languages akin to the Hindí.-The Cashmiri.-The Hindí.-The Populations speaking either the Hindi or a language akin to it. The Rajput and Jut divisions.-Rajputana, Rajwarra, or Rajasthan. 276 TIBETANS AND ALLIED FAMILIES OF INDIA. CHAPTER I. Ladak.-Kunawer.-Kumaon.-Doms.-Rawat.-Nepaul Bhot. LADAK, like Bultistan, belongs to Gulab Singh, with the exception of two districts-Spiti and Lahúl, which constitute a part of British India. Spiti is wholly, Lahúl but partially, Bhot. It is Bhot along the banks of the Chandra, and Bhot along those of the Bhaga; but below the junction, and along the Chandra-Bhaga, or the result of the two combined streams, it is Hindu. In Spiti the population is scantily spread along the banks of the river so called. In 316 houses, distributed in sixty villages, we find Their chief enemy is the small-pox; weakness of the eyes being common goitre rare. The men marry between twenty and twenty-one, the women from fifteen to twenty. Polyandry prevails; and, side by side with it, polygamy A man in good circumstances may have B 1 |